Photonic Computing: Photonic integrated circuits (PICs), Scattering theory / Topological photonics, Nonlinear dynamics
[09] Gyunghun Kim, Jensen Li, Xianji Piao*, Namkyoo Park*, Sunkyu Yu*. Programmable lattices for non-Abelian topological photonics and braiding.
Physical Review Letters 136, 043804 (2026)
[08] Hyungchul Park, Beomjoon Chae, Hyunsoo Jang, Sunkyu Yu* & Xianji Piao*. Scalable unitary computing using time-parallelized photonic lattices.
Nanophotonics 14, 5527 (2025)
[07] Sunkyu Yu*, Xianji Piao* & Namkyoo Park*. Nonlinear unitary circuits for photonic neural networks.
ACS Photonics 12, 6737 (2025)
[06] Kyuho Kim†, Kunwoo Park†, Hyungchul Park, Sunkyu Yu, Namkyoo Park* & Xianji Piao*. Programmable photonic unitary circuits for light computing.
Nanophotonics 14, 1429 (2025)
[05] Sunkyu Yu*, Xianji Piao* & Namkyoo Park*. Computing Riemann zeros with light scattering.
Physical Review B 110, L220201 (2024)
[04] Hyungchul Park, Xianji Piao* & Sunkyu Yu*. Scalable and Programmable Emulation of Photonic Hyperbolic Lattices.
ACS Photonics 11, 3890-3897 (2024): Invited Article (Special Issue: “Rising Stars in Photonics”)
[03] Gyunghun Kim, Joseph Suh, Dayeong Lee, Namkyoo Park* & Sunkyu Yu*. Long-range-interacting topological photonic lattices breaking channel-bandwidth limit.
Light: Science & Applications 13, 189 (2024)
[02] Xianji Piao, Sunkyu Yu* & Namkyoo Park*. Programmable Photonic Time Circuits for Highly Scalable Universal Unitaries.
Physical Review Letters 132, 103801 (2024)
[01] Sunkyu Yu* & Namkyoo Park*. Heavy tails and pruning in programmable photonic circuits for universal unitaries.
Nature Communications 14, 1853 (2023)
Network Science in Photonics
[03] Joseph Suh, Gyunghun Kim, Hyungchul Park, Shanhui Fan, Namkyoo Park* & Sunkyu Yu*. Photonic Topological Spin Pump in Synthetic Frequency Dimensions.
Physical Review Letters 132, 033803 (2024)
[02] Sunkyu Yu*. Evolving scattering networks for engineering disorder.
Nature Computational Science 3, 128-138 (2023)
: Highlighted in News & Views, Nat. Comput. Sci. & Cover Paper
[01] Sunkyu Yu*, Xianji Piao & Namkyoo Park*. Topological Hyperbolic Lattices.
Physical Review Letters 125, 053901 (2020): Cover Paper
Photonic Neurons & Memory
[03] Seou Choi†, Jungmin Kim†, Jeonghun Kwak, Namkyoo Park* & Sunkyu Yu*. Topologically Protected All-Optical Memory.
Advanced Electronic Materials 8, 2200579 (2022): Cover Paper
[02] Sunkyu Yu*, Xianji Piao & Namkyoo Park*. Topologically protected optical signal processing using parity–time-symmetric oscillation quenching.
Nanophotonics 10, 2883 (2021)
[01] Sunkyu Yu, Xianji Piao & Namkyoo Park*. Neuromorphic Functions of Light in Parity‐Time‐Symmetric Systems.
Advanced Science 6, 1900771 (2019): Cover Paper